Friday July 14, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League pitching statistics through games of Friday, July 14, 1972

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
Baltimore       43  36  2.39   79  37   7   704   573  212  187   43  178  402
Oakland         50  30  2.68   80  25  22   726   618  239  216   58  195  418
Minnesota       41  37  2.78   78  16  22   712   611  268  220   50  223  430
Detroit         44  35  2.86   79  23  17   699   595  249  222   51  247  487
New York        37  39  2.87   76  17  20   668   614  247  213   39  215  315
Kansas City     41  39  2.98   80  21  16   721   662  265  239   45  200  399
Cleveland       33  45  3.07   78  22  12   698   613  267  238   50  273  453
Chicago         45  36  3.25   81  17  21   720   659  295  260   61  227  503
Texas           34  47  3.45   81   6  22   730   664  326  280   48  310  460
California      36  45  3.53   81  20  11   720   615  320  282   59  340  497
Milwaukee       31  45  3.63   76  13  18   682   631  305  275   55  247  378
Boston          37  38  3.84   75  18  12   667   662  336  285   51  261  459

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gaylord Perry (CLE)   15   7  1.75  23  22  15   1   3  195  140   41   38    5   45  132
Jim Palmer (BAL)      12   4  1.92  19  19   9   0   0  141  115   37   30   11   33   95
Blue Moon Odom (OAK)   8   2  2.05  14  13   1   0   0   88   69   22   20    5   35   34
Jim Kaat (MIN)        10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Catfish Hunter (OAK)  11   4  2.14  20  20  10   0   3  164  106   43   39   14   39  107
Joe Coleman (DET)     11   8  2.19  21  21   4   0   2  156  108   44   38   13   63  126
Pat Dobson (BAL)      10   8  2.25  20  20  11   0   3  152  123   43   38    7   31   94
Steve Kline (NY)       8   4  2.29  15  15   4   0   3  110   91   37   28    5   21   21
Dick Drago (KC)        7   8  2.36  19  19   7   0   2  149  138   43   39   12   27   86
Wilbur Wood (CHI)     13   9  2.41  26  26   9   0   5  198  170   59   53   14   35  103

 Baltimore             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Roric Harrison         0   2  1.17  19   0   0   2   0   46   27    6    6    0   15   33
Jim Palmer            12   4  1.92  19  19   9   0   0  141  115   37   30   11   33   95
Pat Dobson            10   8  2.25  20  20  11   0   3  152  123   43   38    7   31   94
Dave McNally          10   7  2.48  19  19   8   0   5  134  117   39   37    8   35   69
Doyle Alexander        4   5  2.50  18   4   1   1   1   58   42   21   16    3   15   24
Mike Cuellar           7   7  2.56  17  17   8   0   2  112   94   37   32   10   26   52
Mickey Scott           0   1  2.81   9   0   0   0   0   16   14    5    5    1    5    7
Eddie Watt             0   1  3.93  17   0   0   2   0   18   14    9    8    1    9   13
Dave Leonhard          0   0  4.91   8   0   0   0   0   15   14    8    8    2    6    4
Grant Jackson          0   1  4.97  12   0   0   2   0   13   13    7    7    0    3   11

 Boston                W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Lynn McGlothen         2   1  1.91   4   4   1   0   1   33   24    8    7    0    5   28
Ken Tatum              0   1  2.55  14   0   0   4   0   18   14    7    5    2   11   12
Luis Tiant             4   3  2.92  25   4   1   2   0   52   42   18   17    3   26   41
Sonny Siebert          7   5  3.21  17  17   4   0   2  118  122   61   42   10   38   80
Roger Moret            0   0  3.60   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    2    0    6    4
Gary Peters            1   1  3.73  17   1   0   0   0   41   46   22   17    3   22   40
Bill Lee               6   3  3.83  26   0   0   3   0   45   38   20   19    3   16   27
John Curtis            5   3  3.99  10   9   4   0   1   65   71   29   29    3   17   47
Marty Pattin           6   8  4.20  18  17   4   0   2  109  109   58   51   10   29   72
Bobby Bolin            0   1  4.42  12   0   0   0   0   18   18   10    9    2    9   19
Ray Culp               5   8  4.46  16  16   4   0   1  105  104   60   52    8   53   52
Don Newhauser          0   1  5.00  11   0   0   2   0    9   10    5    5    0    8    9
Lew Krausse            1   3  5.51  15   7   0   1   0   49   59   35   30    7   21   28

 California            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Doyle             0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    3    4
Tom Dukes              0   1  0.00   3   0   0   0   0    5    5    1    0    0    0    6
Steve Barber           2   1  1.90  16   0   0   1   0   24   12    5    5    1   15   14
Nolan Ryan            11   6  2.64  20  20  10   0   5  133   80   40   39    9   77  146
Clyde Wright           9   4  2.67  17  17   6   0   1  118  106   41   35   10   35   51
Lloyd Allen            2   6  3.34  26   4   0   5   0   57   51   25   21    3   30   32
Rudy May               2   7  3.89  19  14   0   1   0   86   83   48   37    6   38   69
Andy Messersmith       2   4  4.03   7   6   2   1   2   45   35   22   20    2   21   34
Don Rose               1   3  4.05  14   4   0   0   0   40   46   23   18    9   15   37
Eddie Fisher           3   4  4.26  33   1   0   2   0   68   64   33   32    6   25   27
Mel Queen              0   0  4.45  16   0   0   0   0   28   29   16   14    1   18   18
Rickey Clark           4   8  4.61  20  15   2   1   0   98   83   54   50   10   50   51
Tom Murphy             0   0  5.40   6   0   0   0   0   10   13    6    6    0    8    2
Alan Foster            0   1  6.14   5   0   0   0   0    7    6    6    5    2    5    6

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Terry Forster          1   2  1.83  30   0   0  12   0   44   30   12    9    0   22   52
Wilbur Wood           13   9  2.41  26  26   9   0   5  198  170   59   53   14   35  103
Vicente Romo           2   0  2.61  19   0   0   1   0   31   27    9    9    4   11   26
Steve Kealey           2   2  2.86  27   0   0   3   0   35   28   11   11    2    9   28
Phil Regan             0   1  2.92   9   0   0   0   0   12   15    5    4    1    5    4
Dave Lemonds           1   3  2.93  16   9   0   0   0   55   48   24   18    5   26   38
Tom Bradley           10   7  3.21  23  23   6   0   1  149  130   58   53   14   38  123
Cy Acosta              3   0  3.46  10   0   0   3   0   13   10    5    5    2    8   11
Rich Gossage           2   0  4.19  17   0   0   1   0   34   34   21   16    1   21   22
Stan Bahnsen          11   9  4.31  23  23   2   0   1  132  146   66   63   15   35   85
Bart Johnson           0   3  9.22   9   0   0   1   0   14   18   20   14    2   13    9
Jim Geddes             0   0 13.50   3   0   0   0   0    3    3    5    5    1    4    2

 Cleveland             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Tom Hilgendorf         0   0  0.00   2   0   0   0   0    3    4    0    0    0    2    1
Gaylord Perry         15   7  1.75  23  22  15   1   3  195  140   41   38    5   45  132
Denny Riddleberger     1   1  2.29  25   0   0   0   0   39   35   17   10    2   16   24
Mike Kilkenny          2   1  2.67   9   5   1   0   0   34   28   10   10    3   21   28
Phil Hennigan          0   0  2.96  17   0   0   1   0   24   22    8    8    1    4   16
Milt Wilcox            6  11  3.22  19  18   4   0   2  109   97   44   39   12   50   69
Ed Farmer              1   1  3.94  22   1   0   4   0   30   27   13   13    3   15   17
Dick Tidrow            5   9  3.95  21  16   1   0   0   96   86   46   42   11   34   61
Ray Lamb               2   4  4.04  16   5   0   0   0   49   53   26   22    1   18   34
Steve Mingori          0   3  4.09  25   0   0   6   0   33   38   16   15    3   24   28
Vince Colbert          1   6  4.09  18  10   1   0   1   70   66   35   32    8   35   35
Steve Hargan           0   2  4.96   8   1   0   0   0   16   17   11    9    1    9    8

 Detroit               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Don Leshnock           0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    2    0    0    0    0    2
Chris Zachary          0   0  1.69  11   0   0   0   0   16   16    3    3    1    7    9
Bill Slayback          2   3  2.04   5   5   1   0   0   35   28   11    8    0   12   26
Joe Coleman           11   8  2.19  21  21   4   0   2  156  108   44   38   13   63  126
Mickey Lolich         15   6  2.58  22  22  15   0   3  182  154   54   52   15   45  140
Tom Timmerman          6   7  2.66  21  19   3   0   2  112   94   42   33   10   31   65
Fred Scherman          3   0  2.89  31   1   0   8   0   56   53   21   18    2   29   31
Chuck Seelbach         5   4  3.21  31   1   0   7   0   53   40   19   19    2   19   37
Les Cain               0   3  3.80   5   5   0   0   0   24   18   12   10    2   16   16
Joe Niekro             2   2  4.06  13   5   0   1   0   31   41   14   14    3    5   16
Phil Meeler            0   1  4.32   7   0   0   0   0    8   10    6    4    0    7    5
John Hiller            0   0  4.50   2   0   0   1   0    4    4    2    2    1    1    2
Ron Perranoski         0   1  7.41  16   0   0   0   0   17   21   14   14    1    6    9
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  9.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    1    1    1    0    0
Bob Strampe            0   0 18.00   6   0   0   0   0    3    5    6    6    0    6    3

 Kansas City           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ted Abernathy          2   1  1.35  19   0   0   0   0   27   17    8    4    1   12   13
Ken Wright             1   0  1.50   5   0   0   1   0    6    4    1    1    0    4    8
Roger Nelson           2   3  1.68  18   4   2   2   1   48   33   10    9    3    9   39
Tom Burgmeier          4   2  2.19  34   0   0   9   0   37   35   12    9    0   17   12
Dick Drago             7   8  2.36  19  19   7   0   2  149  138   43   39   12   27   86
Paul Splittorff        9   5  2.82  20  19   7   0   2  131  109   45   41    5   39   79
Bruce Dal Canton       5   3  2.94  17   8   1   2   0   70   60   25   23    3   16   47
Monty Montgomery       0   1  3.38   4   3   0   0   0   21   25    8    8    0    5    7
Al Fitzmorris          2   3  3.54  18   2   0   2   0   69   63   29   27    7   20   30
Mike Hedlund           2   5  4.01  14   9   0   0   0   61   59   30   27    8   24   24
Jim Rooker             4   6  4.34  17  10   4   0   2   66   73   34   32    3   20   42
Tom Murphy             3   2  4.79  11   6   0   0   0   36   46   20   19    3    7   12

 Milwaukee             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ray Newman             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   1   0    7    4    0    0    0    2    1
Jerry Bell             0   0  1.35   6   0   0   0   0   13    8    2    2    0    7    6
Earl Stephenson        2   2  2.05  20   4   1   0   0   53   47   14   12    4   13   21
Frank Linzy            2   1  2.30  25   0   0   3   0   47   35   14   12    1   16   19
Jim Colborn            2   0  2.30  22   0   0   0   0   55   50   15   14    3   22   37
Gary Ryerson           1   1  2.59   3   3   1   0   0   24   28    8    7    4    2   13
Jim Lonborg            7   4  2.73  18  15   5   1   1  109   97   36   33    9   33   73
Ken Sanders            1   6  3.54  33   0   0  13   0   53   52   21   21    3   18   26
Skip Lockwood          4   9  4.35  17  15   3   0   2   83   69   44   40    5   47   65
Ken Brett              5   9  4.52  16  16   1   0   1   94   83   55   47   10   29   53
Bill Parsons           6   7  5.36  18  15   2   0   0  101  108   65   60   13   37   47
Jim Slaton             1   6  5.52   9   8   0   0   0   44   50   31   27    3   21   17

 Minnesota             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Strickland         1   0  1.50   6   0   0   0   0   12    8    2    2    0    4   12
Ray Corbin             5   2  1.88  16   5   2   0   2   62   48   16   13    2   24   30
Tom Norton             0   1  1.98  17   0   0   0   0   27   23    9    6    1   10   19
Jim Kaat              10   2  2.06  15  15   5   0   0  113   94   36   26    6   20   64
Wayne Granger          3   2  2.32  32   0   0  13   0   50   41   18   13    4   12   25
Bert Blyleven          9  10  2.78  22  21   5   0   2  156  132   50   48   13   35  114
Dave LaRoche           1   4  3.06  34   0   0   8   0   50   38   19   17    4   22   38
Jim Perry              7   8  3.28  19  19   3   0   1  121  116   52   44   10   35   50
Dick Woodson           5   8  3.34  18  18   1   0   0  110   93   51   41   10   51   72
Bob Gebhard            0   0  9.00   8   0   0   1   0   10   18   15   10    0   10    6

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Sparky Lyle            2   1  1.00  27   0   0  19   0   54   30    7    6    1   10   32
Steve Kline            8   4  2.29  15  15   4   0   3  110   91   37   28    5   21   21
Mike Kekich            8   8  2.63  18  18   1   0   0  123  110   39   36    5   53   60
Mel Stottlemyre        9  10  2.66  19  19   5   0   4  142  132   46   42    6   46   72
Jack Aker              0   0  3.00   4   0   0   0   0    6    5    2    2    0    3    1
Fred Beene             0   3  3.25  13   1   0   1   0   28   28   14   10    2   14   23
Fritz Peterson         8  10  3.33  18  18   7   0   1  132  144   56   49    7   28   56
Lindy McDaniel         0   1  3.42  17   0   0   0   0   24   20   13    9    3   10   17
Jim Roland             0   1  4.15   9   0   0   0   0   17   15    8    8    2   12    8
Rich Hinton            1   0  4.86   7   3   0   0   0   17   20   11    9    2    8   13
Rob Gardner            1   0  5.25   5   1   0   0   0   12   14    7    7    2    5    9
Al Closter             0   0 11.57   2   0   0   0   0    2    2    3    3    1    4    2
Wade Blasingame        0   1 36.00   2   1   0   0   0    1    3    4    4    3    1    1

 Oakland               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Kilkenny          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0
Darold Knowles         1   0  1.10  28   0   0   8   0   33   25    5    4    0   14   21
Blue Moon Odom         8   2  2.05  14  13   1   0   0   88   69   22   20    5   35   34
Catfish Hunter        11   4  2.14  20  20  10   0   3  164  106   43   39   14   39  107
Bob Locker             4   1  2.16  24   0   0   5   0   33   29    8    8    0    8   21
Joel Horlen            2   1  2.58  17   1   0   0   0   38   35   12   11    2    6   24
Ken Holtzman          11   7  2.62  20  20  11   0   3  151  138   50   44   15   25   79
Rollie Fingers         5   3  2.70  25   0   0   9   0   47   37   16   14    4   11   42
Dave Hamilton          5   3  3.02   9   9   1   0   0   57   55   20   19    3   17   23
Vida Blue              2   5  3.23  10   9   2   0   1   61   50   24   22    7   23   44
Diego Segui            0   1  3.57   7   3   0   0   0   23   25   10    9    2    7   11
Jim Roland             0   0  3.86   2   0   0   0   0    2    5    2    1    0    0    0
Denny McLain           1   2  6.04   5   5   0   0   0   22   32   17   15    4    8    8
Don Shaw               0   1 16.88   3   0   0   0   0    5   12   10   10    2    2    4

 Texas                 W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Paul Lindblad          3   4  1.60  38   0   0   8   0   62   52   12   11    4   19   31
Mike Paul              3   2  1.86  34   6   0   1   0   68   55   21   14    0   21   48
Horacio Pina           1   3  2.44  33   0   0   9   0   44   37   16   12    1   21   36
Rich Hand              7   6  2.66  16  14   2   0   1   85   65   27   25    5   50   57
Jerry Janeski          0   1  2.84   4   1   0   0   0   13   11    5    4    0    7    7
Casey Cox              2   1  3.24  17   2   0   3   0   33   39   19   12    3   14   14
Jim Shellenback        2   4  3.47  22   6   0   1   0   57   46   24   22    6   16   30
Dick Bosman            4   7  3.87  17  17   0   0   0  102  111   55   44    6   28   56
Pete Broberg           5   7  4.19  18  18   3   0   2  110   91   55   51    6   58   83
Jim Panther            4   4  4.45  33   0   0   0   0   57   60   33   28    5   28   26
Bill Gogolewski        3   7  5.14  19  14   1   0   0   77   76   45   44    8   31   54
Don Stanhouse          0   1  5.16   6   3   0   0   0   23   21   14   13    4   17   18

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League Leaders

Wins:

  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  W. Wood (CHI)            13
  J. Palmer (BAL)          12
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         11
  J. Coleman (DET)         11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          11
  N. Ryan (CAL)            11
  T. Bradley (CHI)         10

Losses:

  M. Wilcox (CLE)          11
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        10
  F. Peterson (NY)         10
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)      10
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)          9
  K. Brett (MIL)            9
  S. Lockwood (MIL)         9
  D. Tidrow (CLE)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  R. Clark (CAL)            8

Complete Games:

  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  G. Perry (CLE)           15
  P. Dobson (BAL)          11
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        11
  C. Hunter (OAK)          10
  N. Ryan (CAL)            10
  J. Palmer (BAL)           9
  W. Wood (CHI)             9
  M. Cuellar (BAL)          8
  D. McNally (BAL)          8

Saves:

  S. Lyle (NY)             19
  W. Granger (MIN)         13
  K. Sanders (MIL)         13
  T. Forster (CHI)         12
  T. Burgmeier (KC)         9
  R. Fingers (OAK)          9
  H. Pina (TEX)             9
  D. Knowles (OAK)          8
  D. LaRoche (MIN)          8
  P. Lindblad (TEX)         8

Shutouts:

  D. McNally (BAL)          5
  N. Ryan (CAL)             5
  W. Wood (CHI)             5
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)       4
  P. Dobson (BAL)           3
  K. Holtzman (OAK)         3
  C. Hunter (OAK)           3
  S. Kline (NY)             3
  M. Lolich (DET)           3
  G. Perry (CLE)            3

Innings Pitched:

  W. Wood (CHI)         198.0
  G. Perry (CLE)        195.0
  M. Lolich (DET)       181.2
  C. Hunter (OAK)       164.1
  J. Coleman (DET)      156.0
  B. Blyleven (MIN)     155.2
  P. Dobson (BAL)       151.2
  K. Holtzman (OAK)     151.1
  D. Drago (KC)         149.0
  T. Bradley (CHI)      148.2

Hits:

  W. Wood (CHI)           170
  M. Lolich (DET)         154
  S. Bahnsen (CHI)        146
  F. Peterson (NY)        144
  G. Perry (CLE)          140
  D. Drago (KC)           138
  K. Holtzman (OAK)       138
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       132
  M. Stottlemyre (NY)     132
  T. Bradley (CHI)        130

Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         66
  B. Parsons (MIL)         65
  S. Siebert (BOS)         61
  R. Culp (BOS)            60
  W. Wood (CHI)            59
  T. Bradley (CHI)         58
  M. Pattin (BOS)          58
  F. Peterson (NY)         56
  D. Bosman (TEX)          55
  K. Brett (MIL)           55

Home Runs:

  S. Bahnsen (CHI)         15
  K. Holtzman (OAK)        15
  M. Lolich (DET)          15
  T. Bradley (CHI)         14
  C. Hunter (OAK)          14
  W. Wood (CHI)            14
  B. Blyleven (MIN)        13
  J. Coleman (DET)         13
  B. Parsons (MIL)         13
  D. Drago (KC)            12

Walks:

  N. Ryan (CAL)            77
  J. Coleman (DET)         63
  P. Broberg (TEX)         58
  R. Culp (BOS)            53
  M. Kekich (NY)           53
  D. Woodson (MIN)         51
  R. Clark (CAL)           50
  R. Hand (TEX)            50
  M. Wilcox (CLE)          50
  S. Lockwood (MIL)        47

Strikeouts:

  N. Ryan (CAL)           146
  M. Lolich (DET)         140
  G. Perry (CLE)          132
  J. Coleman (DET)        126
  T. Bradley (CHI)        123
  B. Blyleven (MIN)       114
  C. Hunter (OAK)         107
  W. Wood (CHI)           103
  J. Palmer (BAL)          95
  P. Dobson (BAL)          94

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